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Source-backed procedures
Written declaration for cross-border transportation of cash of €10,000 or more — Law N. XVIII of 8 October 2013, Art. 82 (formerly Art. 81), as amended by Law N. DCXIV of 7 November 2023
Open the official page ↗https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-e-governo/legislazione-e-normativa/normativa-prevenzione-e-contrasto-in-materia-finanziaria-e-ft.html- Channel
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- Authority
- Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano (Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State), or offices authorized by the Autorità di Supervisione e Informazione Finanziaria (ASIF, Supervisory and Financial Information Authority)
- Source verification date
- 2026-09-27
Under Law N. XVIII, Art. 82 as amended by Law N. DCXIV of 2023, anyone carrying €10,000 or more across the border, in either direction (entering or leaving the State), must file a written declaration at the Gendarmerie offices or at offices authorized by ASIF. The exact filing time-point relative to the border crossing (before or at) remains unknown (see unresolved note VA-cash-declaration-ordinance-and-form-fields-not-captured).
Who it applies to, exceptions and limits (full text)
Direction: both entering and leaving Vatican City State ('in entrata o in uscita dallo Stato') — the duty is bidirectional. Anyone ('Chiunque') who effects a cross-border transportation, entering or leaving the State, of cash (denaro contante) to the value of €10,000 or more must make a written declaration at the offices of the Gendarmerie Corps or at offices authorized by the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority (the original 2013 text names the 'Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria', renamed 'Autorità di Supervisione e Informazione Finanziaria' in the current consolidated wording). The threshold 'pari o superiore a 10.000 euro' is inclusive: exactly €10,000 already triggers the duty. The declaration includes: the declarant's identification data; the particulars of the owner and of the recipient of the cash; the amount and nature of the cash; its origin and destination; the itinerary followed; and the means of transport used. The obligation is not satisfied if the information provided is inaccurate or incomplete. Sanctions (Art. 86 as renumbered, formerly Art. 85): in case of a false, omitted or incomplete declaration the holder must rectify or complete it and incurs an administrative pecuniary sanction of 10% to 40% of the sums possessed exceeding the €10,000 limit; the Gendarmerie may, at the time the violation is contested, seize up to 40% of the excess sums as a guarantee. Scope note: this is Vatican City State law on the physical cross-border transportation of cash by the person carrying it; it is not an Italian or EU customs regime, and obligations for postal or commercial channels are outside this record's scope.
Based on: VA-legge-xviii-2013-official · VA-legge-dcxiv-2023-official · VA-asif-consolidated-xviii
Sources
- Legge N. XVIII dell'8 ottobre 2013 di conferma del Decreto N. XI (trasparenza, vigilanza ed informazione finanziaria) — original official text, Vatican City State portal PDF, 58 pages, HTTP 200, 2026-09-27 (served from vaticanstate.va/phocadownload/leggi-decreti/normativa-penale/Legge N. XVIII.pdf); Titolo VII Art. 81 as promulgated
· Stato della Città del Vaticano — Governatorato / Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano (vaticanstate.va)
https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-e-governo/legislazione-e-normativa/normativa-prevenzione-e-contrasto-in-materia-finanziaria-e-ft.html?download=120:n-xviii-legge-di-conferma-del-decreto-n-xi-del-presidente-del-governatorato [VA-legge-xviii-2013-official] - Legge N. DCXIV del 7 novembre 2023 recante modifiche alla Legge N. XVIII — official amending law, Vatican City State portal PDF, 21 pages, HTTP 200, 2026-09-27 (served from vaticanstate.va/phocadownload/leggi-decreti/documenti-prevenzione/N. DCXIV.pdf); Art. 43 inserts the new Art. 81 (linee guida) and Art. 44 renumbers Arts. 81–91 as Arts. 82–92
· Stato della Città del Vaticano — Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Città del Vaticano (vaticanstate.va)
https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-e-governo/legislazione-e-normativa/normativa-prevenzione-e-contrasto-in-materia-finanziaria-e-ft.html?download=257:n-dcxiv-recante-modifiche-alla-legge-n-xviii-in-materia-di-trasparenza-vigilanza-ed-informazione-finanziaria-dell-8-ottobre-2013 [VA-legge-dcxiv-2023-official] - Legge N. XVIII — consolidated text of all amendments in force published by the Supervisory and Financial Information Authority (ASIF), 73-page PDF, HTTP 200, 2026-09-27; cover self-warning: unofficial consolidation for reference only, not an official source of law; current Art. 82 restates the ≥€10,000 written cross-border cash declaration (renumbered from Art. 81); 2026-09-30 annotation: not re-fetched this round, but the current ASIF Normativa page links the same law at the new path /documenti/it/Legge_n.XVIII.pdf
· Autorità di Supervisione e Informazione Finanziaria (ASIF / Supervisory and Financial Information Authority), Vatican City State
https://www.asif.va/ITA/pdf/Legge_n.XVIII.pdf [VA-asif-consolidated-xviii]